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What You Need to Know Key takeaway #1 The out-of-quota duty has doubled. The rate moves from 25% to 50% ad valorem effective 1 July 2026 — and stacks on top of any existing anti-dumping or countervailing duties. Supply chain economics and long-term contracts need immediate reassessment. Key takeaway #2 A new documentation obligation starts 1 October 2026.

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On July 1, 2026, EPA proposed the sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6), which will require public water systems (PWS) to monitor 30 unregulated contaminants — including certain PFAS chemicals — but not microplastics. For now, EPA is using other tools, such as the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), to learn more about microplastics before requiring PWSs to monitor for them.

Client Alert | 2 min read | 07.08.26 A recent enforcement action led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison along with a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general signals an accelerating and coordinated crackdown on competitively sensitive information-sharing arrangements.

What You Need to Know Key takeaway #1 Illinois has joined California and New York in adopting legislation to establish transparency and safety standards for the most powerful AI systems in the world. Key takeaway #2 Illinois goes further than other states by establishing the first requirement for third-party audits of large frontier developers.

As federal and state regulators alike continue to tout holding health care organizations accountable for alleged fraud, waste, and abuse as a top priority, ensuring compliance and minimizing enforcement risk has never been more imperative — or more challenging.

Client Alert | 1 min read | 07.08.26 We are pleased to announce that Crowell & Moring andCrowell GovCon Strategies will be exhibiting at Farnborough International Airshow(FIA 2026), one of the world's premier aerospace, defence and space events. FIA is where the aerospace, defence and space industry comes together. It is where deals are made, partnerships are formed, and the future direction of the sector takes shape.

Washington – July 8, 2026: Steve Raptis, a Chambers-ranked insurance recovery attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing policyholders, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in Washington, D.C., further bolstering the firm’s growing insurance recovery practice. Raptis’s arrival enhances the firm’s robust capabilities in representing policyholder clients in complex and high-stakes insurance disputes.

Client Alert | 1 min read | 07.08.26 As part of its ongoing effort to conform the Cost Accounting Standards (“CAS”) to generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the CAS Board published a final rule rescinding CAS 408 (Accounting for costs of compensated personal absence) and CAS 411 (Accounting for acquisition costs of material).

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